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The Crimes of a Space Scientist

The air around me felt empty. There was no oxygen, no space shuttle, no asteroid; just eerie, black darkness. In the distance, I could see a crackling, red ball of fire, shaded with orange blots. Colorful stars and galaxies surrounded me. They were looking at the stranger who didn’t belong there, panicking as he fell down gently.                                                                                        I had no idea what I was headed towards in the vastness of space. It felt as if a pillow of air was cushioning my fall, trying to take me to a place safe from the danger of death, in space. Suddenly I sensed a firm, heart-relieving curved surface, which I slid surprisingly smoothly into. Still falling slowly, I realized I had just entered what was a planet-sized bubble. It surrounded a huge planet whose green surface approached me sleepily. Swaying blood-red and sky-blue plants among the green grass were difficult to spot in a seemingly unending expanse of blue and
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The Rabbit and the Turtle Version 2.0

A long time ago . . .  in the kingdom of Zootopia . . .   a turtle won a race between him and a rabbit. No one mentioned the winner's name, but the turtle's name was 'Rabbit'. Due to his parents' lack of sight, this error occurred; unfortunately, the doctor was a sloth and he was too lazy to point out their mistake. Many years later when both rivals had become old, Zootopia conducted an event (sports day rather) for all old athletes. Even though it was only a sports even meant for fitness, the audience saw it as a revenge match between the turtle named Rabbit and the rabbit named 'Bunny Bolt'. The day of registration was quite odd for our protagonist, the turtle.  He crawled up to the enrolment animal in-charge of athletics . . . a dragon . Ignoring the size difference, the dragon with his emerald-colored eyes stared at the puny turtle, reflecting his green shell. Using a megaphone, the turtle shouted, "I am Rabbit of the turtle species. Regi
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The Beasts Alive

"Wake up Artemis! It's time to begin your hunting practice; spring season has arrived." Artemis' eyes flutter open, looking at the towering manly face of her father who she knew was a professional hunter since the day she stepped on the grass surrounding her wood-cabin. "I will be ready in 15 minutes dad; I could really use some more time to open my eyes." "No excuses. Go pick up your bow and quiver; I am expecting to see you under the great willow in 10 minutes. Amalia has some work for you too." "Yes dad," murmured Artemis. Artemis' lack of enthusiasm was unusual to him considering how long she had waited to hunt in the forest. Little did he know that without his permission Artemis used to sneak out at night and roam in the forest; occasionally killing an animal using her deadly arrows and traps. In fact, she had followed that self-made regiment so judiciously that she had become extraordinarily skilled in usin
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The Guardian of Hell

I can't believe myself sometimes... I feel asleep in my bus again. Even though I doubt there is anything wrong with sleeping on the bus it just feels weird suddenly waking up and finding yourself sitting in a school bus when you are already late and no one woke you up because you have no friends. I grab my bag (but not before I clumsily drop it on the floor) and rush to the exit praying that I didn't leave anything behind. As if the situation was not worse enough I remembered that today was 28th November and I had to give my practical exam (or so I thought). Our exams had finished the week before so the practicals had to be conducted starting this week. So I quickly run past the reception, climb up to the second floor and stand panting in front of the classroom door. I open the door and curse myself because I was staring at an empty classroom. It just proved how late I was so without wasting any more time I made a beeline for my Chemistry Lab. I reach the lab in no tim
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Peer Pressure

It was a Monday morning... a school Monday morning to be precise. I was getting late and was rushing in hope that I could catch my bus which had apparently already arrived according to my elder brother, who as usual had reached the bus stop a few minutes ago. I was in a panic. Today was the first day after my 1-week holiday and also the day just before my English exam; I knew I couldn’t miss my bus today. Having prepared my backpack the previous night I couldn’t bother to waste any time checking if everything was in order. I finished wearing my school uniform and stuffed a toast in my mouth before opening the front door and running to catch the bus. It had left the stand but was not very far away. I ran behind it not because of hope but because I knew I could reach it. And indeed I did. I climbed the bus and sat on my reserved seat feeling happy about the amazing start of the day. But I didn’t know that I would feel even happier when I would reach school and realize tha
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A Halloween Night

The moon was hanging bright in the night sky, and tiny white specks were shimmering all around. Under which was a beautiful but spooky town of Wellbrook, illuminated with jack-o'-lanterns and yellow lanterns, and pumpkins, and all sorts of mystic things you would expect on a Halloween night. Herds of children were walking, crawling, waddling and doing what not, in their scary yet quaint Halloween costumes encompassing witch, Frankenstein to headless chicken! One such house decorated with banners, pumpkins, cloaks and veils is David’s and Lucy's. They both were excited for Halloween which at last had arrived. They both were walking around the neighborhood and screaming in unison, “TRICK OR TREAT?" at everyone's doorsteps, when a pair of adults came and offered them toffees and candies. If someone didn't give them candies, they would simply produce some strange sounds which was supposed to be scary, but it was scarcely so. They both were carrying a pouch-l
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A Fateful Extraterrestrial Encounter

It was a typical night on the streets of Milland, which is to say everyone was sleeping. Except for one 12-year-old, blond-haired boy who was wearing his night suit while eating salad. His name was James and he was also one of the only children in the neighborhood who hated eating salad. James' mother was speaking to him about his antics at school which he considered a sensitive topic. His school life wasn't nice, which made him least willing to go to school. He was just going to consider going to sleep when he thought of better . . . acting of sleeping. James immediately left the conversation without replying to his mother, which was kind of rude but happened every night. So, it wasn't much of a surprise. As James slopped down onto his bed, he heard a ‘BOOM’ . This was something James was not used to. He had always thought he lived in a weird neighborhood which made him think that his fat uncle had fallen out of his bed again. But due to lack of aftereffects, he kn
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